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Keep on Learning

I do love to learn new things. I know that sometimes I’m resistant, but that’s usually only when someone else, or life, imposes that learning on me. When it’s my idea, I’m all over it.

When I first learned to weave, taking a total of about 12 hours of classes from a man in […]

New weaving technique

I love learning new things and using new-to-me techniques. It was well over two years ago that I read the Dust Bunnies blog when Ngaire used a clasped weft technique to create a to-die-for scarf. Never heard of the technique, couldn’t imagine how it worked, so let it go.

More than a year later […]

More Progress

After weaving and finishing those 11 scarves I went off to do a show. It’s one that I love doing – the crowd is always so interesting and so supportive, the volunteers are helpful, and I get to work with my sister.

This year was no exception – Buffalo turned out for the Elmwood Avenue […]

Better pix? Not so much

I’ve now tried three different times to photograph that Silver Linings rayon chenille shawl, trying to reproduce the conditions that allowed that Frost shawl to turn out so well. Hah!

These are my best efforts, from first to last.

While they get a little bit better each time, none of them are good. All […]

Handwoven Shawls

This time of year I just keep weaving and weaving and weaving. I’m working to build up my stock for the shows that will start this summer. I know that’s months away. I also know that I’ve been successful enough at these shows that I have to have lots of stock, lots of variety before […]